I'm finding the special attacks from bosses to be very difficult to deal with since the AI doesn't seem smart enough to actually block or evade these attacks. I can manage against a single-target special by switching to the AI and forcing them to block, but special attacks which hit the entire party seem to be impossible to deal with. I have a hard time believing there is no way for me to defend my party against these attacks, which leads me to believe I'm doing something wrong.

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You can use the "All Out Defense" command (this is a story reward) this makes your AI party members focus on using the Defend/Evade commands and will also focus on healing, but it really burns through MP.

Like other commands there's a timer, so you'll have to select it again if you need it, when it run out.